No, it was Microsoft’s fault! The Xbox API that TA uses was reporting all profiles as “Private” yesterday so they couldn’t collect any new data.

I verified this directly on my own profile last night. Good news though is that it appears to be fixed as I am now up to date.

I’m curious what your beef is with TA? I’ve used it regularly for years with very few issues, and even fewer due to TA itself. Frankly what they’ve done is a remarkable achievement (pun intended) for one guy and the small team that followed.

It is TrueAchievements responsibility to make sure they have the correct programming at all times. If Microsoft wants to change their API for 2 hours, then it is TrueAchievements responsibility to change their programming to work with them for those 2 hours or be unable to update. Microsoft is not responsible for working with TrueAchievements.

There are better sites out there that cater to me as a gamer. I’m on one of them right now. There are at least 5 to 10 others that I could name that I go to on a regular basis rather than TA. There is a reason they have stayed small and haven’t grown throughout the years. They can’t manage to run their site correctly and have users that want to blame microsoft instead of blaming the correct person (the owner of TrueAchievements).

TA doesn’t have a direct feed from MS. It has to call in to update and does so on 3 cycles:
– Pro subscribers: Roughly every 10 minutes with unlimited “on demand” scans.
– Registered users: A couple of times a day with 3 “on demand” scans.
– Unregistered user or inactive users: Once per week.

I’d guess you’re in the middle category so a couple of scans a day. If you want to see anything quicker just hop on to the website and “Request Update” to force a scan.

It’s still really good for keeping track of achievements for a game while you’re playing through it and looking up solutions for the achievements you’re not sure on. It still updates often enough for even a regular user to know what they need to go for. I mean, you see the achievements pop while you’re playing. So you only really need to see the list of what you’re missing if you come back to a game after a while and you’re not sure, in which case it will have updated on the site. If you’re checking back after an hour you should know what achievements you popped in the last hour of playing.

Well you obviously have a problem with TA and you also have no idea what you’re talking about either.

Microsoft didn’t change their API. They were returning invalid responses to ALL requests made to that API. There was no change that any client using it could have made that would have fixed it! 100% Microsoft issue.

If you knew anything about APIs you’d also know it’s very bad form to change your API in a way that breaks clients, so even if MS had done that it would still be on them.

Let’s put it in terms you may understand. You go to the grocer, as you always have, and ask for a dozen apples. The grocer says “sorry, no apples”. Is it your responsibility to ask for your apples in a different language or the grocers responsibility to restock his apples?

Glad you’re happy with your other “Major gaming sites”, each to their own.

Thank you for explaining things in a kinder way than I normally would. I refrained from commenting for that reason.

Also, it’s not like TA signed a contract with anyone saying “WE WILL WORK 100% OF THE TIME!” It’s a really nice website put together by some guys and unfortunately it happens to not work at times. The fact that they’ve built a website from the ground like that and made it so good is actually pretty amazing.

They did this last time, too. It’s not an error, it’s an assumption that customers are stupid. GTAV – $59.99. Bull Shark Card, $9.99. Total price $69.98. But if you are really dumb, you can buy the “free” card plus GTAV for a penny more! AND NOW IT’S ON SALE!

It’s pure horsecrap. Microsoft must be able to keep the proceeds from the BS card so they just TELL you it’s free.

Dear Microsoft:

I don’t think the word “free” means what you think it means. Free would be GTAV for $59.99, GTAV plus free card for… here it comes… $59.99. AMAZING! Take 15% off of that and you get $50.99. It’s not that tough to math. Don’t you have, you know, computers or something? Or do you exclusively use archaic bean counters?

These sales are weak, Duck Dynasty isn’t worth $10 GTA isn’t much of a sale and I am mad at them for lying to us about heist mode. the 360 sales are ok though, nothing I am getting but still not too shabby I suppose. I am excited for this mega sale I am hearing rumors about

Hey Guys if you are planning to buy sniper elite 3 on xbox live. i would advice that you consider buy the Ultimate edition coming out in march instead because its currently 18 pounds on amazon and it comes with all 52 pounds worth dlcs.

The other option would be to let others enjoy/buy whatever they want. And let the free market to take care.
You can’t expect the rest of the people living by your standards, except if you’re aiming for North Korea’s throne.

I always looked at it as more of a “car wreck thing” than a “redneck thing” (“rednecks” tend to find the show far more insulting than most). You can’t help but look, and after you do you feel guilty and regret it. 🙂

Indeed!
For example, I paid the full price for the season pass of Forza 4 last year (it’s the first 6 car packs, November-April) and don’t regret a cent for it.
At 9,89 and 7,49 for Gold users, it’s a bargain.

That offer was supposed to expire in mid January so probably is not still in place. I had heard nothing of Activision extending this or the Destiny upgrade program, so be sure to check before you commit to buy as it is likely the offer has expired.

Ahh, then it was only the Destiny offer that expired on 1/15/15. I thought they combined the two on the one date and shortened the redemption time from last year, but I confirmed you are correct on the CoD date. Thanks for taking the time to correct/check that for me and those who may be interested.